#56A2EE#56A2EE

#56A2EE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.135 H 250.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A2EE
RGB	rgb(86, 162, 238)
HSL	hsl(210, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(210, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 31.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.95, -0.43, -45.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.95, 45.11, 269.45°)
OKLab	oklab(69.68% -0.0455 -0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(69.68% 0.135 250.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.1850, 33.9890, 85.7367)
Luminance	0.3399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A2EE #EEA256

analogous

#56EEEE #56A2EE #5656EE

triadic

#56A2EE #EE56A2 #A2EE56

tetradic

#56A2EE #EE56EE #EEA256 #56EE56

square

#56A2EE #EE56EE #EEA256 #56EE56

split-complementary

#56A2EE #EE5656 #EEEE56

monochromatic

#1265B7 #1E83E8 #56A2EE #8EC1F4 #C5DFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#56A2EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#56A2EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A2EE

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A2EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A2EE	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81A6F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C97EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a2ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 162, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.135 250.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93bdf4',
    500: '#56a2ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a2ee;
$custom-light: #93bdf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a2ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69676,
    "c": 0.13548,
    "h": 250.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A2EE

secondary

#EBD0B5

accent

#7307DE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A2EE

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